73% of doctors support a public option

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112818960

[Beet]

Yeah and it has 55% support in Arkansas as well, including 56-34 among political independents and 51-43 among whites. It appears that as far as the public option goes, the towners are just a vocal minority. Interesting that on this issue, Arkansas does not appear to be more conservative than the nation as a whole.

[Lunar]

just because Arkansas wants the public option doesn't mean they want a black man's public option

[Хahar 🤔]

90% support a private option.

[/spin]

[Verily]

Yeah and it has 55% support in Arkansas as well, including 56-34 among political independents and 51-43 among whites. It appears that as far as the public option goes, the towners are just a vocal minority. Interesting that on this issue, Arkansas does not appear to be more conservative than the nation as a whole.

Not really surprising, considering Arkansas's economic situation and that Wal-Mart doesn't provide health coverage.

[opebo]

Yeah and it has 55% support in Arkansas as well, including 56-34 among political independents and 51-43 among whites. It appears that as far as the public option goes, the towners are just a vocal minority. Interesting that on this issue, Arkansas does not appear to be more conservative than the nation as a whole.

Not really surprising, considering Arkansas's America's economic situation and that Wal-Mart doesn't provide health coverage.

[biggzcorey]

Yeah and it has 55% support in Arkansas as well, including 56-34 among political independents and 51-43 among whites. It appears that as far as the public option goes, the towners are just a vocal minority. Interesting that on this issue, Arkansas does not appear to be more conservative than the nation as a whole.

Not really surprising, considering Arkansas's economic situation and that Wal-Mart doesn't provide health coverage.

Wal Mart provides health insurance, but it sucks

[Vepres]

It's been well known that roughly 2/3-3/4 support a public option in theory. However, when the politicians start getting into details, many oppose it. Everybody has a different idea of what a good "public option" should look like.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

There's some state (I think maybe Georgia?) where Wal-Mart actually hands out applications for food stamps to new employees.

Shouldn't conservatives hate Wal-Mart too?

[Ban my account ffs!]

Not one Republican has responded to this thread.

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Not one Republican has responded to this thread.

They realized that calling doctors "socialists who don't care about quality health care" wasn't going to go over well.

[Alexander Hamilton]

npr lol

[dead0man]

Not one Republican has responded to this thread.

Well the title is a little missleading and Xahar won the race to point out the idiocy of it, Pubbies aren't going to quote Xahar, thus silence.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Not one Republican has responded to this thread.

Well the title is a little missleading and Xahar won the race to point out the idiocy of it, Pubbies aren't going to quote Xahar, thus silence.

The problem with that point is that Obama is not proposing ending a private option.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The problem with that point is that Obama is not proposing ending a private option.

[k-onmmunist]

Fail.

[Boris]

looks like doctors are a bunch of moderate heroes

[Lief 🗽]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

[k-onmmunist]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

[Sbane]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

Hopefully you never have to use the evil, socialistic system you guys have over there. Just come over here to the US for treatment because it's soooo much better. That's what all the smart people do. Or was it the rich? I can't remember.

[Lief 🗽]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

So you were born in a socialist hospital then? Socialist doctors pulling you out of your mother?

[k-onmmunist]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

So you were born in a socialist hospital then? Socialist doctors pulling you out of your mother?

Wasn't my choice.

[Lief 🗽]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

So you were born in a socialist hospital then? Socialist doctors pulling you out of your mother?

Wasn't my choice.

Oh, poor dear. Must have been awfully traumatizing, huh?

[opebo]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

It is highly likely you will be there eventually.  The great majority of humans end their lives in sickness, pain, misery, and humiliation.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Fail.

Hey, if you want, you can come here and have my health care system and I'll go over there and use your fancy NHS. Though, being a libertarian, I assume when you're sick you don't go to the NHS because you refuse to let socialism treat you?

I haven't been in hospital since I was born.

That's a little scary.  Don't you have to have immunizations and physicals for school and such?

We do here... otherwise they won't enroll you.  Of course ability to pay isn't a problem either since the schools often help set up clinics for needy children.